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Sun December 02, 2007
YouTube Cool Coolest Guitar Hero controller mod yet - LCD screen and magnetic strummer (36)
(PhoneNews) Spiffy Verizon Wireless to roll out wireless data speeds of up to 100mb/s downstream and 50mb/s upstream beginning in 2009. 9/11 (35)
Washington Post Asinine Space experiment took five hundred physicists, twelve years, and $1.5 billion to create. And now it may be stuck on Earth forever because there's no room on NASA's bus (34)
NPR Interesting "Best case scenario they will think of us as pets. Worst case? They'll think of us as food." (65)
(InformationWeek) Weird Facebook attention whores complain their Overstock purchases shouldn't be made part of newsfeeds, still OK with newsfeed publicizing their latest hookups (14)
(Some exhausted Guy) Interesting Early Human ancestors may have had "Harem" societies. See honey? It's OK, it's normal, men have to behave this way (34)
(CCTV) Interesting China announces breakthrough in HIV vaccine; surprisingly does not use lead to kill HIV virus (31)
(Some Guy) Florida Folks at Disney scramble to find a turtleneck and jeans to fit their latest audio-animatronic: Steve Jobs (11)
(Some Guy) Obvious "I hate to use the 'C' word, but there is no other way to say it. There is a national conspiracy to prevent renewable energy from becoming the primary energy source in the United States" (54)
Flickr Spiffy Gallery of transparent desktop wallpapers (50)
(Some Guy) Obvious Gibson launches world's first self-tuning guitar powered by robotic technology. Alex Lifeson vows to continue playing in keys that only bees can hear to spite the company and its technological heresy (49)
London Times Scary "The medical profession kill some 30,000 British people every year, making them rather more lethal, statistically, than pneumonia and AIDS combined" (24)
BBC Obvious "Nobody is crying that people who used to go around selling ice to people do not have a job anymore because of the fridge" - Peter Sunde, The Pirate Bay (111)

Sat December 01, 2007
(Engadget HD) Amusing HD-DVD: Fast becoming the Betamax of the twenty-first century? (94)
(Times of India) Sad More Americans believe in the devil than Darwin (189)
(NASA) Cool After numerous delays to repair a fuel cell oxygen tank, flush out the auxiliary power units, replace the altitude control system, and clean out the matter/antimatter reaction chamber, NASA launches their new website (15)
(FatLester.com) Interesting Spam 2.0 - New problems for an evolving web (8)
Marketwatch Unlikely AT&T CEO laughs at Verizon's "open network" initiative, states that the US already has "the most open cellular network in the world" (35)
(Some Guy) Ironic Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg complains bitterly that his personal information has been improperly used by a website (23)
(Some Guy) Misc Blogger explains why "Return of the Jedi" is the worst of the Star Wars movies with some examples that would have been deep and thoughtful-- twenty years ago (105)
(Some Guy) Strange City officials in Columbus, OH to use 1,080 gallons of beet juice to de-ice the roads. After saying the name three times, the ice disappears (94)

Fri November 30, 2007
Guardian.com Interesting U.S. launches new spy satellite program and vows they will be powerful enough to see through government's arch-enemy tinfoil (29)
Rolling Stone Spiffy “Rock Band”: The Complete Breakdown (81)
BBC Interesting UK researchers develop 30-minute test for chlamydia. It's called "buy her a pint and see if she sleeps with you" (6)
CBC Interesting Engineer claims tasers safer than Tylenol, apples safer than oranges (27)
(Sound & Video Contractor) Interesting For you audio geeks, a detailed look into the new U.S. Senate audio systems, including installation challenges (15)
AP Cool Duke scientists map silenced genes, suck (7)
Yahoo Cool Dino track found in Utah. Absence of Jesus tracks proves he rode on their backs (31)
(Cracked.com) Amusing Collection of the best (and worst) fantasy and science fiction book covers of all time. Brian Jacques unavailable for comment (117)
(Men In Black) Cool 60 yrs ago Bell Labs reverse-engineered alien technology to make the first transistor (44)
(Einige Mann) Scary From 9th October 2008 all mobile communication, emails, internet traffic and digital communications in Germany will be recorded by the state. Wo ist dein großer Bruder jetzt? (83)
(Nature) Interesting Scientists create zombie cockroaches. Submitter's zombie apocalypse defense plans now to include a really big shoe (51)
Live Science Interesting A wall mentioned in the Bible's Book of Nehemiah and long sought by archaeologists has been found. Apparently, it was out back by the dumpster the whole time (35)
ABC News Sad Losing your virginity later in life could lead to sexual dysfunction, Fark.com (623)
Fox News Obvious "Scientists have found a new threat to the planet: Canadian beer drinkers" (71)
Guardian.com Ironic Teenage boys are using anabolic steroids to get girls. Tag applies to side-effects (27)
Yahoo Amusing Good news Vista users, the long awaited service pack is going to make it run 10 percent faster. Oh, wait, no, that’s XP users. Vista users, your service pack just kicks you in your junk (110)
(Some Guy) Silly Forget the "DaVinci Code:" Guy argues in excruciating detail, with illustrations and diagrams, why iconic first cover of Superman comics is a secret Renaissance Hercules homage (32)
UPI Obvious Scientists create a self-healing material which uses chlorobenzene microcapsules and a ruthenium-based Grubbs' catalyst (42)
BBC Scary Groundwater in Punjab, India is so contaminated it's causing human mutations. And not the cool superpower kind, either (31)

Thu November 29, 2007
Yahoo Interesting AT&T CEO announces that a 3G compatible iPhone will be released next year. Also taking place next year: AT&T CEO finds out the hard way why you don't steal Steve Jobs' thunder (46)
(Some Guy) Obvious Ric Romero: Consumers turn to Web to purchase electronics (85)
590 KLBJ Interesting Working the late shift now listed as a possible carcinogen (62)
Scientific American PSA Here are some hints to raising smart children: Focusing on effort -- not on intelligence or ability -- is key to success in school and in life (65)
Jalopnik Cool OnStar coming to China, will asplode when trying to help users find nearby Chinese restaurant (8)
Fox News Spiffy Austrian study teaches dogs to use computers. Your dog wants to downgrade to XP (11)
CSMonitor Cool Coca-Cola Hybrid - same great taste, 90% fewer emissions (13)
(Bloggasm) Silly 50 Nerdy Pickup Lines: "If I was an endoplasmic reticulum, how would you want me: smooth or rough?" (49)
IGN Silly Study finds playing violent video games almost as dangerous as smoking cigarettes. But that's OK, because only cool people do it (38)
(Some Guy) Interesting Company introduces Virtual Shooting Gallery on wheels. Original name scrapped in favor of something more accurate, like "Detroit" (7)
Yahoo Misc In effort to make Global Warming science look more legit, scientists now are looking at old artwork....presumably to count the number of cars in 17th century European landscapes (35)
Wired Cool This week, Fark nostalgia lane takes us back to 1972 and the release of the most mind-blowing game at the time: Atari Pong (15)
(Some Guy) Cool China unveils its first Chang'e I Moon image. No sign of the Gorgotron yet (8)
(Some Guy) Sad Yahoo has stopped adding subscribers to their "To Go" music service, may be shutting down entirely in the near future (19)
(Some Guy) Followup Why the Google phone is a good idea, and Dvorak is a Moron (23)
(Some Guy) Cool The coolest photo of a neutron star hurtling out of the Milky Way galaxy that you'll see all day (9)
Fox News Interesting The poem that says little girls are made of sugar and spice may be scientifically correct (17)
(Some Guy) Cool Lexus LX570 is first vehicle capable of seeing around corners. If only there was some function to see who you were running over as you were running over them (5)
Yahoo Spiffy London launches "SatLav," a service to help cell phone users find the difference between a toilet and alleyway (3)
Houston Chronicle Interesting Scientists are so eager to prove catastrophic global warming that they're now naming storms that are harmless (13)
BBC Cool NASA outlines its latest plans to fake a Mars landing (11)
(Webby Awards) Interesting The top 12 most influential online videos of all time. Numa Numa and Badgers conspicuously absent (43)
Wired Unlikely Is it true? Spammers, in the face of more aggressive filtering technology are giving up? For reals? Google thinks so (22)
(Business Week) Obvious Latest most efficient and affodable battery developed for elctric cars develped by... wait for it... Exxon (33)
Reuters Obvious WWF claims one-fifth of crabon credits issued by United Nations are bogus. UN fires back that they don't have to listen to a bunch of guys who go to work in spandex Speedos (24)
Space Amusing Venus has a goatee (34)
BBC Cool FTA: "It is not uncommon to see males collapsing with exhaustion as the demands of the females get too much for them." Sadly, the article is about antelopes (with hittable antelope pics) (22)
PCWorld Asinine Adobe partners with Yahoo to put ads in PDF files. Adoption of new file format by the masses to start in 3..2..1 (44)
Metacafe Spiffy How to make perfect, 'cloudless' ice cubes (40)

Wed November 28, 2007
MSNBC Cool Red meat, ice cream, eggs, pizza and Canadian bacon are good for you. Here comes the delicious science (110)
UPI Cool Fat people can fix the crisis: Scientists convert cellulose into hydrogen (34)
Network World Interesting EFF fires an upper-cut at Internet traffic interference (30)
(edmunds.com) Cool Honda announces fuel cell vehicle available this summer. Hybrids and diesels are filthy pigs in comparison (41)
Yahoo Silly Coming soon: "Meerkat Manor - The Video Game" (40)
UPI Interesting A U.S.-led international team of scientists has reported preliminary evidence consistent with Einstein's disavowed theory of a force that opposes gravity (41)
AP Obvious Scientists are worried that after three years of failed doomsday hurricane forecasting, people might not listen next year when they tell everyone to panic (24)
AP Unlikely Researchers who have apparently not been to a Wal-Mart recently, where asses the size of quarry dumptrucks are the norm, claim that obesity levels in the US have leveled off (17)
(Phillips) Cool Phillips creates tattoo that only shows up when you are turned on. Now there is something more embarassing than getting a boner in public (50)
Slashdot Asinine US House shows their technological competence by passing a bill declaring the internet a terrorist tool and instructing the government to develop tools to fight it (25)
Live Science Interesting What makes us burp? (22)
Wired Interesting All the high-tech networks didn't help the U.S. in Iraq nearly as much as more troops, good relations with the locals, knowledge of the language and culture, and a crazed Army sergeant with Photoshop (20)
(Some Guy) Cool The greatest videogame endings of all time (w video goodness) (101)
Reuters Interesting Scientists study "Teenage" galaxies, how our galaxy got them off its dust lanes (7)
PCWorld Obvious Game developers blame rentals for crappy sales instead of taking a good hard look at the crap they expect gamers to buy -- as usual (116)
Washington Post Obvious "Many grown-ups now sound like babbling toddlers when speaking about the digital world -- because many corporate names now have the ring of a collection of Dr. Seuss characters" (62)
Network World Interesting Open source’s future: more Microsoft, bigger talent shortages (10)
AFP Interesting Robotic dummy patient for dentistry students can feel and respond to pain, also can be felt up while under general anaesthetic (59)
Network World Cool Boeing, USAF launch bomb firing technology that lets supersonic bombers drop their payloads... without slowing down from Mach 2 (49)
(Some Guy) Interesting HP is developing an alternative to hypodermic needles that would make immunizations painless. Yeah that HP (31)
(skyonic) Spiffy Company creates process to change carbon emissions into baking soda. Science fair volcano enthusiasts approve (33)
(Some Guy) Interesting 10 things your science teacher was wrong about. Like the fact that water really IS blue. Who knew? (233)
(MotorTorque.com) Interesting BMW considers revamping Isetta bubble car, presumably with a few more cylinders, horsepower, doors and wheels than the original (2, 12, 1 and 3 by the way) (31)
Sky.com Obvious Sir Richard Branson tries to relaunch comic book featuring British superhero Dan Dare. Canadian comic book fans breathe sigh of relief that there's still a superhero in the world lamer than Captain Canuck (pic) (39)
(Some Guy) Cool Giant Etch-a-Sketch lets 3,000 people doodle at once (10)
Yahoo Unlikely Chinese gov't blasts press reports criticizing Three Gorges Dam, saying it's not causing pollution and triggering landslides, but is instead providing a bountiful supply of electricity to make safe toys for American boys and girls (15)
Wired Cool Nintendo has its biggest week, ever (110)
Telegraph Obvious Ric Romero gets a gig in Britain, advises computer users to pick a password that's hard to guess (28)
Canoe Cool Forest fires of the future to be fought using giant water balloons (14)
(Some Guy) Stupid Recycled Popular Mechanics headline from 1957, 1967 1977, 1987, 1997, and now 2007: Super Trains Could End Gridlock (27)

Tue November 27, 2007
(Some Guy) Cool Scientists announce mouse that is resistant to all cancers, even aggressive cancers. Scientists want to study the mouse, but it keeps beating the crap out of them and smashing their lab equipment (93)
Daily Mail Obvious Finally there's a car that's a bigger Losermobile than the Prius - 20 horsepower, no gears, a belt drive and a top speed of 60 mph (pics) (55)
New Scientist Obvious Study finds that men with deep voices get laid more often. Gilbert Gottfried inconsolable (37)
Daily Mail Interesting Knee implants recalled over high iron risks, sharpness (5)
Jalopnik Stupid Is KITT to be cast as a Ford Mustang in new Knight Rider? (62)
AFP Obvious India has a problem with UN recommendation that they outsource their CO2 output (5)
PCWorld Asinine Woman gets her panties in a bunch because her "Vista Capable" machine will only run the basic home version. Of course there are lawyers there to try to get her paid for her distress (32)
(Townhall) Dumbass Apparently, the Catholic Church was Galileo's biggest fan and they have always been on the side of good science. Giordano Bruno unavailable for comment (84)
(Verizon Wireless) Interesting Verizon Wireless opens its network to "any application, any device" beginning in January (22)
(Some Guy) Obvious Blu-ray is kicking HD-DVD's butt in Europe (40)
(New West) Obvious Nobel-winning scientist says he gets hate mail from people going through the five stages of global warming grief, which include Anger, Denial, Hummer Ownership, F*ck Iraq, and "Dune: North America" (473)
PCWorld Amusing Ten worst keyboards; or, a trip down memory lane (65)
(Some Guy) Spiffy RIAA ordered to justify $750 fine over song available for 99-cents (57)
Gizmodo Spiffy Google plans G-drive, free online data storage. Soon, all your needs may be fulfilled at one convenient G-spot (34)
Network World Scary FTC says 8.3 million hit with identity theft. You submitted this with a better headline and didn't even know it (5)
AFP Interesting Gene study suggests that Native Americans all came from one migrant group from Siberia. How? (39)
(Microsoft) Stupid If your PC's CPU fan is failing or the power supply is going bad, it will alert you -- by playing "Fur Elise" or "It's a Small World" at random. Well, that's helpful (31)
BBC Cool New map of Antarctica. Mountains of Madness photoshopped out to avoid panic (29)
ZDNet UK Interesting The top 10 things holding back development in information technology. Yes, Microsoft is listed as No. 1 (31)
Yahoo Cool There was an old shark who swallowed an amphibian. It swallowed the amphibian to catch the fish. I don't know why it swallowed the fish (6)
(Some Guy) Obvious Pregnant women getting twice as much radioactivity through scans as a decade ago. What could possibly go wrong? (19)
Scientific American Cool Scientific American’s list of 20 gadgets to covet, like a Ferrari-brand Segway and a transparent toaster (24)
BBC Obvious First they killed the electric car, now they're killing the $100 laptop. Won't someone please think of the children? (34)
(Some Guy) Interesting Windows XP performs better than Vista. Of course, DOS 6.1 performs better than Vista, but still (81)
(Some Guy) Sad “The productivity of male scientists tends to drop right after marriage” (50)
IGN Silly Obscure character of the day: Star Trek Wino (33)
USA Today Obvious Kids who ride ATVs have an alarming number of potentially disabling injuries, a study by the Institute of the Obvious says (13)
(Some Guy) Spiffy ☧♈♰♓☉♄ 3 ♆☥⫽ ⚡☋☧☧☉☈♰ ☋♄☥☾☉|☽∈ (29)
Yahoo Interesting "Taranis Resources Channel Sampling Returns 3.75 m of 7.80% Zn, 7.86% Pb, 0.22% Cu, 2.25 g/t Au & 330.42 g/t Ag at Thor". And if you had paid attention during Chem 101, that would actually mean something to you (48)

Mon November 26, 2007
(Some Guy) Obvious Internet is killing the art of joke-telling. Submitter can't be bothered to write out the whole funny tagline, but your mother's a whore (47)
(teamxbox.com) Amusing "Duke Nukem Forever" is supposed to come out in 2008. This headline would have a joke, but submiter can't top the first sentence (67)
Network World Amusing Another inconvenient truth: Al Gore's Web site hacked (10)
Boston Globe Cool Apple stores suck (70)
Network World Obvious Yo, both of you still using dial-up Internet access: AT&T is about to raise its rates above much faster DSL (26)
(Information Week) Interesting Interview with Linus Torvalds on where Linux is headed in 2008 (30)
BBC Interesting Brain scans "may detect OCD risk." Brain scans "may detect OCD risk." Brain scans "may detect OCD risk." Brain scans "may detect OCD risk." Brain scans "may detect OCD risk" (19)
Network World Cool Toyota auto testing system lets drivers shake, rattle and roll -- safely (5)
New Scientist Interesting Biological weapons used in the Middle East... 3,300 years ago (62)
(Hojpodge) Dumbass Verizon has added a loud alarm to all of their new phones when dialing 911. Hey, it's not like you might be in danger when pressing those three numbers (85)
(Some Guy) Spiffy German Appleheads can now unlock iPhones using iTunes. Still no cure for single-provider American iPhones (10)
(Some Guy) Interesting Step 1: Buy XBox. Step 2: Return XBox to store. Step 3: Store later discovers XBox has been gutted and its case stuffed with a textbook to give it weight. Step 4: Profit (pics) (37)
C|Net Obvious Even fanboys agree, Leopard blows: "I love the Mac, I just wish it would stop crashing" (72)
(Some DavidF) Cool Coolest photo album of a Squidmas tree you will see all day. Bonus: Star Trek, Star Wars and dinosaur ornaments (18)
(Some Guy) Interesting How Sega can cut out the suck and bring back the Sonic that we once loved (55)
AZCentral Interesting The next time NASA fakes a moon landing, they'll bring an inflatable garage from Delaware with them (15)
(Some Guy) Cool Remember that hole in the universe? Well it looks like there may be another universe on the other side of it. No, really. Your bizarro universe doppelganger submitted this with a more backwards headline (89)
Network World Cool Football field-sized kite powers latest heavy freight ship (23)
Reuters Followup China release images from their first successful lunar probe... unless, of course, they are pirated NASA pictures (19)
Yahoo Interesting Mexico's president will spend $4.6 million and start a team to protect monarch butterflies. Go, Team Venture (33)
CSMonitor Spiffy Global warming is the best thing to ever happen to Canadian berry farmers (19)

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